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ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
January 3, 1994 .5:30 P.M.
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CONSIDER MOTION TO APPOINT CITY CLERK
CHAIRPERSON.
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Item No.2- ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TO ORDER _ CITY CLERK.
Item No.3- ROLL CALL.
Item No.4. CONSIDER MOTION TO FIX METHOD OF VOTING,
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Under Roberts Rules of Order, the prevIous custom has been to use the voice
method voting. As the Charter does not prescribe the method of voting, Council
will need to make a motion to fix the method of voting. Nominations can be
made by balloting or from the floor. Voting can be by voice vote, show of hands
or ballot. Council should also decide If the basis for decision is majority vote of
the total membership and procedure for canvass of ballots.
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NOMINA~ ~CE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY.
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Kubby/ Marian, two years I know we did a voice vote or hand, one
of the two,and I don't k~ow if all nominations were taken or
not. What happened two years ago.
Karr/ As I recall and I have not researched it but I did review
the minutes quickly. As I recall we first take all
nominations and we do have a motion then to close
nominations. So we have a motion and a second to place
names on the floor for nominations. Then we have a motion
to close nominations and vote on each of them separately.
Does that answer your question.
Baker/ But we decide the method of voting before nominations.
Karr/ That is correct.
Horow/ Correct.
Kubby/ I move we take a voice vote.
Horow/ That is okay with me.
Lehman/ I second that.
Pigott/ I also wondered if there was any particular reason for
the order of nomination of office: mayor or mayor pro tem.
Karr/ No. We just have typically have done it that way and
certainly a majority of council members could decide to
switch the vote or the order. Any further discussion on the
motion-on the method of voting. I have a motion on the
floor.
Moved by Kubby, seconded by Lehman to do a voice vote.
Okay. Majority vote of the total membership being
acceptable.
Baker/ As opposed to what.
Karr/ Unanimous or extraordinary. So a simple majority being the
method. So can the motion then read a voice and a simple
majority.
Horow/ Sure.
Lehman/ No problem.
Karr/ Any further discussion.
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Pigott/ I was wondering if there was interest in sWitching the
mayor pro tem and-
Karr/ Could we decide on the method of voting first.
All those in favor of voice vote and simple majority, say
aye. (Ayes).
Now, Mr. pigott.
Pigott/ I guess I would like to talk a little bit about whether
there was interest in switching voting for mayor pro tem
first and mayor second.
Nov/ For what purpose.
Pigott/ I don't know what the purpose of voting for mayor first
is as opposed to mayor pro tern and perhaps making the
process go smoother.
Nov/ In the past there has been tradition to do mayor first and
mayor pro tern second. And I don't have any strong feelings
about it but if you are going to say lets not do it the way
we have traditionally done it, I want to know why you want
to do it that way.
Pigott/ I thought it would perhaps make the voting go well
smoother and give us a different result if we did it one way
as Opposed to another. I don't know.
Kubby/ Could you be more specific.
Pigott/ I know if it is appropriate to be more specific.
Karr/ Would you like to make a motion and if you have a second
put it to a vote to switch item #5 and #6 if you are so
inclined.
Pigott/ Sure I will make a motion to that.
Baker/ I will second it.
Karr/ Moved by Pigott, seconded by Baker to switch the order of
items 5 and 6. Discussion.
Baker/ I don't have any strong feelings one way or the other but
if Bruno is more comfortable with that procedure and the
others are neutral I would be glad to support it.
Horow/ I find myself being neutral, too. I guess I just sort of
fall into tradition and feel that the-item #5 sort of sets
the feeling of the council.
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Karr/ Further discussion.
Throg/ I hadn't thought about it before and I don't have a clue
what to think about it.
Karr/ Are we ready to vote.
Karr/All those in favor of switching items #5 and 6 say aye.
(Ayes: Baker, Pigott)
Opposed. (Ayes: Kubby, Nov, Horow)
For the record then, ayes were Baker, pigott. Nays I know
were Kubby, Nov, Horow. (No vote: Lehman,' Throg.)
2-3, Motion fails.
If you would like to re-state it or-
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Karr/(#5) Nominations for the office of mayor of the City of Iowa
City.
Pigott/ I would like to nominate Karen Kubby for mayor of Iowa
city.
Karr/ Further nominations.
Nov/ I would like to nominate Susan Horow. And I would also like
to dispel a couple of rumors that are circulating and I know
this may be a close vote. We have had rumors circulating
that if we end up with a 4-3 vote for mayor we will have a
council that can never work together. Just silly rumors
floating around. And I would like to say that 4-3 votes do
happen occasionally. It does not portend that the
candidates will never speak to each other again. We expect
to get along with each other. Okay. Another rumor going
around is that Karen and I have had an arrangement that if I
would vote for her for mayor she would wear my campaign
button in the recent election. Neither Karen nor I had this
arrangement and the first we heard of such an arrangement
was via the rumor mill after the election. So on the basis
of dispelling rumors hope that nobody is going to take any
of this to heart and I do nominate Susan Horow for mayor.
Karr/ Is there a second.
Lehman/ I will second the nomination.
Karr/ I have two nominations.
moved by Pigott, seconded by Throg. to nominate Karen Kubby.
Second one, Moved by Nov, seconded by Lehman to nominate
Susan Horow. Are there further nominations.
Second call for further nominations.
NOV/I move that we close nominations.
Throg/ Second.
Karr/ Discussion. All those in favor. (Ayes)
Okay. We will go in the order as nominated.
Kubby/ I would like to make a few comments for discussion before
we vote. There are, I guess, three things that I want to
say. One is to touch upon what Naomi was saying as well as
a couple of other points that since I have been Observing
councils since '83 and have been involved with two
selections processes for mayor since I have been on council
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things have-the process for selecting the mayor has been
really inexplicit and for me behind the scenes totally. And
I have always felt very uncomfortable with that and as I
stated before, when I made some objections to this process.
People said well come up with something different so I gave
to a suggested process that would be a balance of people
being able to talk behind the scenes to feel comfortable to
say what they need to say. But to also have some public
process and I don't think it has been amazingly public but
it has been more public and it has been more discussion than
I have observed in the past. I really like this trend of
discussion. There has also been some concerns raised that I
would not be appropriate as mayor because I have an agenda
and according to Webster an agenda is a list, an outline, or
a plan of things to be considered to be done. And yes, I
have an agenda. And I hope that all of you have agendas or
else I don't really understand why people are here. We all
have lists of things to do and general philosophies about
how we believe the world should be and how it could be. And
I have tried to be very clear as a council candidate and as
a member of the city council to be very open and clear about
my "agenda. II Having an outline of what you would like to
see for the future should not be construed as a negative
attribute. Articulating this does not also mean that
anybody who articulates an agenda cannot run a fair meeting.
And if any of you know me personally at all or have worked
with me in any of the social service agencies that I belong
to, their boards, you would know that I believe in a very
well rounded fair process. Even if it is at the expense of
a little bit of content. I also want to talk about this 4-3
split that could happen in that I really think the issues of
whatever the vote is here today and how we are able to work
together are two very separate issues. There is probably
seven different philosophies of government around this
table. There is probably seven different ways we think a
group can work together optimallY. I hope that we really
talk about those different philosophies so that we can find-
some people want to do stuff a lot of behind the scenes.
Some of us like to do everything in the public eye and at
meetings and we are going to have to figure out a way to
balance that out. And I think that that the Goal setting
session is opportune time to do that. I guess at this point
I would just like to ask if anyone has questions or concerns
before we vote.
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Horow/ I appreciate your taking the time to make the statements,
Karen. I certainly have talked to people. I was one who
encouraged you to look into another forum but it seemed to
me when you came back with that there weren't four people to
support it. And so, for me, I am just as comfortable in
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talking on the telephone, talking with people personally and
would encourage that in a council because I think among the
seven of us it is this talking among us and going back and
repeating that builds trust. It builds knowledge of where
each of us is coming from. As you say, our own agenda. But
it is our own agendas that has made me really think about
this whole role of mayor and I see and believe very firmly
that the role of mayor has to represent all seven people on
those issues that we have come to a majority vote and I feel
very strongly about that. Those groups in which I have been
chair here in Iowa City and elsewhere I have found that I
have had to divorce myself from my own personal opinions on
these issues and make darn sure that I fairly represent each
member on the committee so that they trust me. They know
that when I am speaking, in the past, that it has been from
an agreed upon position and that I wasn't out with my own
agenda. So I see that because Iowa city is so diverse I see
that as a very important role for the mayor. This crazy
lovable city has people who have many different points of
view. But it is we seven who have to bring those points of
view, agree on an agenda, and then work with it. All of us
being leaders. So I see the mayor's role as presider,
ceremonial, and then this behind the scenes or in the public
hearings or in smaller groups working to get us all leading
Iowa city together. That is where I am coming from.
Kubby/ My only concern about doing a lot of behind the scenes
things is that when you call and say well Jim and Ernie said
da, da, da, da, da. It goes through your mind and through
your biases vs. here I can hear what Ernie is looking like
and saying. I think that a discussion with everybody here
is a lot different than a one on one with you being a hub or
with the mayor.
Horow/ But often times what I have found out in doing that in
previous situations is that I can come up with questions
that perhaps you have not thought of that Ernie thinks about
it and it will trigger then me thinking about it
differently, you thinking about differently and I think
there is a good balance of public discussion and behind the
scenes. I think that if we don't get a lot of the questions
raised behind the scenes so that they are investigated and
answered by staff at the meetings we are going to spend more
evenings until midnight which I think are very counter
productive. I have picked up the local joke going around
Iowa city that nobody is worried about this 4-3 split. That
we are not going to get anything done anyway because we are
going to sit around and discuss it all of the time. I think
it is up to us to work for a prooess that will get the
discussion balanced. Behind the scenes and on the table.
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KUbby/ I think you and I agree on the ratio of behind the scenes
and public discourse-
Horow/ I feel very strongly about building relationships with
people. Frankly, I think there are many times when a public
discussion is not appropriate. It just isn't.
Kubby/Hear me. I am not saying no behind the scenes. I am
saying our ratio or the balance are the difference.
Horow/ Well, anyway, this is where I am coming from.
Throg/ I would like to make a comment and since I have written
something I might as well use it. I have been impressed
Susan with your energy, the experience that you have that is
relevant to becoming mayor, and with your deep commitment to
the city. I think that it is really quite apparent. And I
embrace your intentions to seek out the opinions of other
council members, of setting agendas, and talking about
issues behind the scenes. I think it is appropriate to do
that. And I have no doubt whatsoever that you will be a
fine mayor. And even if the vote here turns out to be 4-3.
Well, we even had a 2-3 vote just a minute ago.
Nov/ We can't abstain on the next one.
Throg/ I have also been deeply impressed with Karen's energy,
with her dedication to informing other people about what is
going on in the city and what is going on with regard to
staff activities and with her desire to promote open debate
about important issues. I think that is vitally important.
At this particular point in time I think we need a mayor who
will help us publicly debate controversial issues and I
think that you would be able to do that in a very competent
way. Further, I know that a large number of people in this
city, I think a clear majority, would prefer to have Karen
as mayor. So I intend to support her when it comes to the
vote. But I do want to reiterate that no doubt that you
will be a fine mayor if in fact it turns out that you get
elected and I look forward to working with you if it works
out that way.
Horow/ Thank you.
Pigott/ I would just like to add my second to Jim's remarks. I
appreciate your openness, Susan, in the last few weeks and
willingness to talk to me about why you want to be mayor and
some of the concerns that I had regarding the role of the
mayor. I just want to reiterate two quick points about why
I think that mayor is an important role and why I will be
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voting for Karen. But why I think also that you will do, if
elected, a fine job as mayor. I think the mayor's job is
somewhat ceremonial. But two important aspects of a mayor's
commitment is one-facilitating meetings and the facilitation
role is very important and I have been impressed, since I
have lived in Iowa City, with your ability to do that Karen
and I have been happy to work next to you and see those
skills from the other side of the podium as well and I am
very impressed with that and I think that that is one the
most important roles that the mayor could play. The second
is setting an agenda and whether it is the agenda in the
book that we receive every other Friday night. Or it is the
direction the mayor would like to take out city. I share
your vision in many aspects of that and I share the agenda
items of many of which we share in common and so I just
wanted to say that those are the reasons that I will be
voting for you and Susan, I am sure that if you do get
elected you will do a fine job in those areas as well.
Horow/ Thank you.
Karr/ Further discussion before the vote.
Going in the order that is nominated we have a motion by
Pigott, second by Throg nominating Karen Kubby. All those
in favor for Karen Kubby for mayor say aye:(Ayes:Throg,
Pigott, Kubby. Nays: Nov, Horow, Baker and Lehman).
Second motion, moved by Nov, seconded by Lehman to elect
Susan Horow mayor of the City of Iowa. All those in favor
aye-Only one opposed and two no votes. Okay. Susan Horow is
elected 4-1-2 no votes.
Horow/ Why didn't you vote.
Throg/ I was a little confused on the way the vote went so I was
sitting there-I didn't say anything and you properly
accounted for that as a no vote but I would be happy to make
that a yes vote.
Pigott/ I would be happy to switch my vote as well.
Kubby/ I voted ay.e.
Horow/ Oh, you did.
Karr/ Okay.
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Horow/You voted yes or you voted no.
Kubby/ I voted aye for you for mayor.
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Pigott/ I would be happy to switch that.
Karr/ Okay, so-on the motion to swltch the votes then we have 5
votes aye. You are an aye?
Throg/ Yes.
Karr/ So it is a unanimous vote for Susan Horow.
Horow/ Thank you.
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NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF IOWA
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MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS,
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Iowa City City Council
Organizational Meeting
January 3, 1994
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Karr/(#6) Nominations for the office of mayor pro tem of the City
of Iowa city.
Pigott/ I would like to nominate Karen Kubby for mayor pro tem.
Kubby/ Second.
Karr/ It was seconded by Kubby. Other nominations.
Horow/ I would like to nominate Naomi Nov.
Baker/ Second.
Karr/ Moved by Horow, seconded by Baker. Other nominations.
Second call for nominations for mayor pro tem.
I have a motion to close nominations.
Horow/ So moved.
Throg/ Second.
Karr/ All those in favor of ceasing nominations say aye: (ayes).
Okay. Voice ballot again going in order of as nominated.
We have amotion by pigott, seconded by Kubby to elect mayor
pro tem of Iowa City, Karen Kubby. All those in favor say
aye: Horow-
Horow/ Wait a minute, oh, you are doing the actual ballots. I am
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Nov/ We need to all wake up.
Karr/I have a motion on the floor: Moved by Pigott, seconded by
Kubby to elect mayor pro tem Karen Kubby. All those in
favor say aye. showing three: Throg, Pigott, Kubby.
Opposed: showing four.
Moved by Horow, seconded by Baker to nominated Naomi Nov for
mayor pro tem. All those in favor say aye: Showing five,
six, seven. Unanimous. 7~O electing Naomi Nov for mayor pro
tem. Congratulations.
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January 3, 1994
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Horow/ (#B) I have checked with some of you on these positions.
On the Legislative Committee we have got four and I would
like to see whether or not you are willing to change this
number to three so we would not have to have a minute taker
for each time we get together.
Kubby/ Who are the four.
Horow/ I was thinking of you, Naomi and Larry. Well, it would
either be Jim or myself as a fourth person.
Kubby/ I would be happy to step down and give information on
issues that I know are coming up. I have four or five
things that I would like to be involved in and would prefer
not to do that.
Nov/ I would be happy to do this with three and therefore meet
more often and not having to have a minute taker means you
could really get more done.
Horow/ This committee has been kind of grumping along for the
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Nov/ Would really like this to do more.
Horow/ We would really like to get a little bit more active. I
agree with Naomi, having more meetings is probably
appropriate but having the minute taker for all of them- So
I would entertain a motion to decrease the size of this
committee by one.
Nov/ I will move that we have a Legislative Committee composed of
three members.
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Horow/ Okay. Any discussion. All those in favor (ayes). Great.
So we have got three. Karen, you would really prefer not to
be on it.
Kubby/ You can always funnel information.
Horow/ Larry would you be willing to be on it. Jim, would you be
willing to be on it.
Throg/ I hadn't really thought about it but I think the answer
would be yes.
Horow/ Okay. Good.
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Kubby/ Instead of taking these one on one could we at first do
this a little more informally to see what people are
interested in doing and actually I would really like the new
people to have the first crack at some of these things.
Horow/ I had talked to bruno about them and I hadn't gotten a
chance to talk with Jim. Bruno would you still be
interested in the Emergency Management.
Karr/ Who is the third appointment to the Legislative Committee.
Horow/ Jim, Larry and Naomi.
Karr/ Thank you.
Pigott/ Also are there a number of committees that you are
limited to participating on or not.
Horow/ There isn't but I think it would be helpful if we all
looked at them and kind of reshuffled them in our mind.
Just letting everybody take as active a part in being
council members.
Nov/ We would just like to encourage everybody to do something on
these committees. If you say you want to (can't hear).
Pigoot/ If I could just express a couple fo preferences right
off. I would be most interested in JCCOG and CCN. But if
there are strong feelings about others then I would-
Kubby/ I am the current CCN representative but it would be fine
because you are more connected to them than I now because of
your recent work there.
Horow/ This has never been actually a committee. This was
something Karen originated and asked to be on it.
Kubby/ It was there as long as the committee has been there.
Yeah, but it was just by default not happening. When I was
on CCN the council member rarely was there. The position
was there and I kind of revived it but it is really
irrelevant. Also be happy to give it up.
Nov/ I would like to add the Johnson County Resource Enhancement
and Protection committee to the list. I am currently a
member of that and I would be happy to let somebody else do
that one.
Horow/ While we are still on JCCOG, Naomi you have been just
elected chair.
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Novl I am definitely on that one.
Throg/ I would very much like to be a part of that.
LehmanI So would I.
Horowl We have already got Ernie on here in terms of I ask him
whether he would go for ECCOG and JTPA. I have got him on
there. I would like to stay on that.
Kubbyl I would like to stay on JCCOG.
Horowl I would, too.
Kubbyl Traditionally I thought the mayor was not on JCCOG.
Horow/ That was just a self. I looked into that one. That was a
self stated preference.
Kubby/ Can't have six people.
Horowl Jim are you at all interested in the Johnson County Land
Preservation or the REAP Committee.
Throg/ I am much more interested in JCCOG but I suppose I would
have some interest in either of the other two.
Horow/ You have a fax in terms of what the Land Preservation and
Use Commission is. This will not take a lot of time-
Karr/ No. You are the only one who received it.
Horow/ Oh, all right. I had Charlie Duffy fax me information
about this. This was created by the state about ten years
ago with a budget of $2,000 and was staffed through JCCOG
eventually. It looks at the use of agricultural land
township by township and there was a report written in terms
of the evaluation fo the agricultural lands and how they
should be changed. It is now time for that to be
reevaluated. And in terms of moving towards the year 2000
and our relationship with the county I think it is very
appropriate that it is reevaluated.
Nov/ Is this really going 0 define future land use.
Horowl Certainly in Johnson County it makes the recommendations
for future land use, yes. I don't know. I thought of you I
must say.
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are interested. Naomi should not have to apply.
Horow/ We also have to have two alternates.
Nov/ I kind of a given on that one.
Throg/ Why don't we simplify that. I will take your suggestion
and go with the land Preservation.
Baker/ so, Jim and I would get the alternates.
Horow/ You two, then, are the alternatives for JCCOG. That
includes ECCOG. It is essentially any elected official.
Baker/ Also you and I talked about this HACAP board of directors
if you need someone. I would be interested in that. Either
the rep or the alternate.
Horow/ Okay.
Kubby/ I am on the HACAP Board and that kind of means you are on
the Johnson County and it takes you like five years to
understand what is going on. They have like 16 different
FYs. It is unGodly. We meet once a month plus the county
and I have been doing a lot of facilitation with the board
so I would be kind of interested in staying on.
Baker/ The alternate is alright.
Kubby/ Once in a while I can't make it.
Baker/ Do they meet on a regular schedule.
Kubby/ The forth Thursday.
Horow/ Okay, Bruno, you wanted to be appointed on the CCN. Did
you have another burning desire.
Pigott/ I didn't express one to you earlier but it would be
interesting to be involved with the Convention Bureau. I
would do-you suggested the Emergency Management Commission.
I would be happy to do that.
Horow/ I think you would be pleasantly surprised with this one.
This appears to be a sleeper but it isn't. And what it does
is you get to enter into relationships with other
jurisdictions in the county. I have always enjoyed this
one. I would like to be on the CVB following the previous
mayor.. I think that and ICAD and Chamber of Commerce are
kind of the pulse of getting feedback on what is going on to
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Kubby/ I would really like us to spread those out because of that
reason so that different people may get different kinds of
feedback and that since kind of automatically you are on the
ICAD Board and Chamber Board I would like someone else to be
on the CVB to get that diversity of people out there on
those types of issues so it is not concentrated with one
person.
Horow/ That is interesting because I was thinking about the same
thing on CCN. I would like to know if Larry would do CCN.
Baker/ I would be glad to do it but Bruno has-
Pigott/ Tell you what. I would but you know what. If it is a
thing that is really a burning thing for you. I have been
on the committee so I know how it operates and I know hat
you are interested. I would be happy to give that up. Lets
say I would be interested as well just for the heck of it
for the interest and knowledge that I haven't got on the
CVB. That is where I want to be.
Horow/ The only thing that concerns me is your availability. I
don't know when you meet and I don't know-
Nov/ They meet in the afternoon.
Baker/ The met in the mornings a long time ago.
Lehman/ When I was on their board they did.
Pigott/ Is it once a month. I could do it.
Horow/ Why don't we try it. If it works out that you can't I
will certainly substitute for you. Larry, would you mind
taking CCN.
Nov/ It is always easy to find somebody to do it. If they happen
to meet on a day that you can't do it just call me or
somebody else. You can always send a SUbstitute. I just
don't want us to ever get into a position where you can't do
it and you don't find a substitute. other people have done
that.
Pigott/ I would be happy to call around and find a substitute if
I can't.
Horow/ What about the REAP committee.
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Nov/ I think I have done that for a number of years and it would
be good to give somebody else the experience if we can find
a volunteer who would like to do it.
Horow/ REAP Committee. How often does it meet.
Nov/ It meets kind of on a as needed basis. The focus of it is
how much money is the state going to allow for REAP and
otherwise you get to the point of evaluating individual
applications. If there are applications from Johnson County
they want the committee from Johnson County to comment on
those applications. Anyone who is interested in commenting
on the applications or commenting on the state allocations
of money or that sort of thing and hey don't meet absolutely
every month. They have been meeting on Thursday evenings.
Lehman/ Do they send meeting notices.
Nov/ Oh, yeah. And I have said don't decide to meet next year on
Monday or Tuesday.Otherwise I didn't put any restrictions on
it.
Horow/ Karen, did you have some other-
Kubby/ Well, I am currently the city's representative on the
Onsite waste Water Management district. The septic tank
committee and I would like to stay on that.
Nov/ I forgot about that one. It is a good one.
Kubby/ I would like to stay on that committee.
Horow/ Is this a state committee or a Johnson County pUblic-
Kubby/ The Department of Health requested a city representative a
couple of years ago. A year and a half ago because we were
making some determination about septic tanks in the city and
districts that were happening right outside of the city
limits.
Horow/ Okay. So you want to stay on that one.
Baker/ Sue, when would it be appropriate to discuss the
possibility of additional committee.
Horow/ I don't mind this at all. The previous council went
ballistic when you talked about additional committees.
Baker/ There might be groups out there that we might talk about.
The Neighborhood Association network that is developing. A
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formal council representative to that and something having
to do with student representation. student government or
something like that. University student groups. So I would
like to formulate a little bit more precisely but r think
those are two groups out there that-
pigott/ If we can throw in just another idea. The ADA thing.
Again maybe we can have someone who meets with those groups
and with the Chamber. So sort of a representative expert on
ADA.
Kubby/ I really like the idea of a University connection. I now
that in the past informally I met with the- i forget the
name of the student group who was the city issues group of
student senate.
Baker/ I did that when I was on before and I couldn't get the
council at that time to sort of formalize that arrangement.
Throg/ I think it is a terrific idea.
Baker/ I will volunteer.
Horow/ Okay. You volunteer and see if we can get what we need to
do to formalize it.
Kubby/ Then it would go to the rules committee.
Horow/ Which is what I want to get us back to.
Kubby/ I would do that.
Horow/ I would really like to work with you on that. I think we
have done it.
Karr{ I am sorry I didn't catch what you have done.
Horow/ Start at the top:
Legislative Committee: Naomi and Larry and Jim
Rules committee: Sue and Karen
Emergency Management: Bruno
JCCOG: Bruno, Naomi, Karen, Ernie, Sue
Larry and Jim are the alternates.
Coralville CVB: Bruno
CCN: Larry
Land Preservation: Jim
HACCAP: Karen with Larry the alternate.
REAP: Ernie
septic Tank Committee: Karen
Kubby/ Onsite Waste Water Management District. And I have a
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letter that needs to be written to HACCAP. It needs to be
written by the 15th. It says who the alternate is.
Karr/ Okay.
Horow/ This isn't a council committee but I am on the ECCOG Solid
Waste Management Technical Advisory Committee. Since I have
got like four or five years on it I might as well, if you
wouldn't mind. I will see. I am not the ECCOG rep and-
Kubby/ Are you the city rep.
Horow/ I am exofficial for ECCOG.
Karr/ So it isn't a council committee then.
Horow/ It isn't a council committee.
Nov/ If you are not ECCOG not somebody else might-
Horow/ We have Neighborhood Association which iG open and ADA
which is open. Why don't we investigate these and take them
to the Rules Committee to determine how they should be
structured.
Karr/ And then what about the status of the student
representative committee.
Horow/ It was Larry and he was going to look into it. So there
is the Neighborhood, the Student and the ADA that we are
going to look into and bring to the Rules Committee and
bring back to council.
Kubby/ There are a few other issues that were organization in
nature that we have kind of talked about either in the last
two years since we have had this meeting or in the last six
months. One of them is something that Larry had talked
about, that I have talked about, that Bruno has talked
about. About the possibility of either rotating our
informal or our formals to different locations around town.
It might be more feasible to do the informal since they are
not televised. But the other issue is televising the
informal. And I don't know tonight is the time to talk
about all fo these things but I guess I wanted to talk.
Baker/ bring it up tomorrow night at the council.
Horow/ I think it is an excellent thing to bring up. The rotating
the informal. I would go for rotating the informal. I
think rotating the formals would be just be more difficult.
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Nov/ I would think we ought to consider televising the informal.
Kubby/ W have talked about it before and in a certain way it is a
budget item and maybe-there was a small memo that Bob Hardy
got us it said. It would cost us a $1,000 and some equipment
and $4,000 and I don't know if those estimates are back but
could we revive that memo and make sure everybody has a copy
of that for the budget discussions. That seems like a good
time to talk about it.
Horow/ It is going to be interesting. I would like us to discuss
this. I have mixed motions about televising the informal. I
really do. I have been pUShing for it and against it.
Throg/ There are both ways of making the process more open to
pUblic viewing. So rather than thinking of them as either
ors we could think of them as part of the menu of ways in
accomplishing that.
Baker/ I have problems with televising every informal meeting. I
am not sure that we need to do that but certainly there are
many meetings that ought to be (can't hear)
Horow/ There might be another alternative.
Kubby/ On the other, just a thing that has been brought up a
couple of times is moving the item on the agenda that is
pUblic discussion to before P/Z instead of after. And there
are pros and cons to doing that. Just seems that this is
the time to talk about that too since we are talking about
how to organize and how we do things.
Throg/ I had a slightly different way of thinking about that.
Maybe it is consistent with what you had in mind. My sense
is a member of the audience for a long time and then as a
member of the council is that there are clearly some items
that we can see in advance that are going to attract a large
number of people. Can't we move those two or three items up
whether they are P/Z items or whether they are public
discussion or whatever they are.
Kubby/ Because we could make a motion to move _
Horow/ I guess I would ask the City Clerk is there a reason for
the way the agenda is structured right now.
Karr/ The reason is we have a resolution stating that that was
the interest of the council at the time to structure the
agenda. We certainly can amend or do a new resolution with
a new order. But going back to Jim's suggestion I might say
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Karr/ To be left there and just the discretion at council to
switch any order and I think they are two very different
issues that accomplish perhaps the same but on an
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Kubby/ I don't think so. I think the issue of having the public
discussion be first thing on the agenda puts the pUblic
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Horow/ In addressing Jim's- Yeah, we got tow different things
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because that I think your form reflects your value of moving
that resolution but not denying the opportunity to switch
any specific agenda we would know we are going to have a lot
of people.
Karr/ I can also relay a little bit of background on that
resolution and that was the feeling at that time and it is
not a new resolution. It is an old one certainly times have
changed. But the feeling at that time was one that there
were a number of developers, attorneys who quite frankly
were sitting in the audience waiting and were being paid on
a hourly basis and that the thought process was let's take
care of these folks first and many times many of the people
in the audience were also there for subdivisions and P/Z
items. So I think you are going to hear an argument perhaps
from some of the developers or some of the neighborhoods
that they would wish to be at the front end of the meeting
for the same reason that they would like to come and not
stay for the rest of it. I think there is that.
Kubby/ zoning (can't hear) usually takes more time. sometimee
public discussion is very long. Like the Melrose, we cold
also ask of them if you are going to have a long
presentation during pUblic discussion could you wait. More
often than not pUblic discussion is very-
Horow/ We could limit each person to five minutes. This has not
been enforced. It has not even been instigated in previous
years. It is done on P/z commission. If you coach and
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point of the people giving testimony is done within the five
minutes. And that allows other people to get their two cents
worth in rather than having a long monologue. I think there
is a couple of ways of doing this.
pigott{ I would be interested too in moving the public discussion
period up further because I think that Karen pointed out
something good that indeed often times we come to council
meetings and the chamber is relatively empty except for
staff and some of the developers or people that have
concerns about a specific issue. So that the public comment
period is very short. In addition to that the public who do
come down to the chamber often times don't know when it is
going to occur. So often times they miss the chance and
these other people are being paid to wait.
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Pigott{ That is why I think-they are being paid to wait. Then
the public who is paying our bills should be here first.
Lehman{ It would seem to me if- we could have a fairly workable
option if we had public discussion first and limit it to a
certain amount of time and then readjourne it to be taken
place after the rest. So most of the time you would be
through in plenty of time. But the few times you couldn't
be you could finish it up after the rest of the-
pigott{ So, in other words, you would give five minutes to each
person and if some of those people have concerns that take
up more than the five minutes after the council has
adjourned there is another public comment period.
Lehman{ Just allow so much time up front. Half hour, a half
hour. They use it, fine. If they don't they, you go to the
rest of the meeting.
pigott{ That is interesting.
Baker{ You are talking about the public discussion period for
things not on the agenda.
Pigott/ That is correct.
Baker/Move it up front and if somebody is here-
Nov{ I have no objection to moving the public discussion things
that are not on the agenda. I do have some concerns about
moving something from the end of the agenda to the beginning
because that agenda was published. Somebody who really
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wanted to talk about that knows that they don't have to show
up for the first hour.
Kubby/ So you are talking about if there is something at the end
of the agenda that if we knew a lot of people- that it could
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Nov/ I don't like the ad hoc moving around because the agenda is
published ahead of time. I do not object to saying public
discussion items not on the agenda should come at the
beginning.
Baker/ Very often you can anticipate where the public discussion
is going to be and arrange your agenda accordingly ahead of
time and publish it accordingly. It may not work out that
way.
Throg/ The pesticide ordinance will get some attention.
Karr/ If you stick to the resolution , the resolution does not
allow staff that discretion of knowing at one time or
another. It gives you an order. Now if you would like us
to resurrect the resolution and take a look at the wording.
But it doesn't-
Baker/ When you pu things on the agenda, is it first come,
first serve.
Karr/ Are you talking P/z item. No. There is the settings of
the p.h.s. There are the p.h.s. And then there are the
ordinances and resolutions. We certainly could keep that in
mind when structuring within itself. All that the
resolution says is P/Z items, period. I don't believe it
goes into the detail of the order within itself.
Horow/ Throg. Jim do you have anything.
Throg/ I am sensing that we seem to want to move those major
items up but that it might take some time to figure out
exactly how to do it...go through the Rules Committee.
Karr/ We can resurrect the resolution.
Throg/ Maybe that would be a wise thing to do is to defer that
part of my suggestion to the Rules Committee.
Horow/ I think that too. Why don't we get a copy of the original
resolution and have us take a look at that and then corne up
with some options and get back to council.
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pigott/ Can we in the mean time however move the public
discussion period up before because that seems to be not
controversial.
Kubby/ But we would have to change the resolution. But it seems
that there is agreement to do that.
Nov/ For tomorrow I think we have to stick with it. We can
change the resolution the next time.
Horow/ My understanding tomorrow by a motion to take the public
discussion period out of its normal text we could change it
even tomorrow.
Kubby/ I prefer not to. Naomi's-if people now.
Horow/ Leave it the way it is tomorrow. And we will work on this
and get back to you.
Kubby/ I think we should do a press release about it.
Horow/ After we have made the decision, right.
Karr/ So it could be two meetings by the time the Rues Committee
meets and makes a recommendation to council and they act on
a resolution. So you might have two meetings under your
belt.
Kubby/ You are going to talk about rotating informals tomorrow
night so we can talk about it more then. And then the
televising informals we can talk about during budget time.
And we will get that memo again about costs.
Horow/ Anybody else have any other issues that they wish to bring
up. Okay.
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